By Greg Hazley
Kathryn Beiser, VP of corporate communications for Discover Financial Services, has checked in at Hilton Worldwide as executive VP, corporate comms.
Beiser takes over for senior VP Ellen Gonda.
She spent six years with Discover after an agency career that spanned Burson-Marsteller, GolinHarris, Hill+Knowlton Strategies, healthcare shop Caduceus Comms. and Ruder Finn. She was managing director for B-M's corporate practice and VP at GH.
Based in Hilton's McLean, Va., headquarters, Beiser, who joined the company Dec. 3, heads global xternal and internal communications, as well as corporate responsibility.
She reports directly to president/CEO Christopher Nassetta as a member of Hilton's executive committee. |